34320 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 121 /Wednesday, June 24, 1998 /Rules and Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL–6113–9]

National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Contingency Plan;

National Priorities List Update

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Berlin

and Farro Liquid Incineration

Superfund Site From the National

Priorities List (NPL).

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of

the Berlin and Farro Liquid Incineration

Site in Michigan from the National

Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is

Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which

is the National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Contingency Plan (NCP),

which EPA promulgated pursuant to

section 105 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

(CERCLA), as amended. This action is

being taken by EPA and the State of

Michigan, because it has been

determined that Responsible Parties

have implemented all appropriate

response actions required. Moreover,

EPA and the State of Michigan have

determined that remedial actions

conducted at the site to date remain

protective of public health, welfare, and

the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 24, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gladys Beard at (312) 886–7253,

Associate Remedial Project Manager,

Superfund Division, U.S. EPA—Region

V, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL

60604. Information on the site is

available at the local information

repository located at: The Gaines

Township Hall, 9255 W. Grand Blanc

Rd., Gaines, Michigan 48436. Requests

for comprehensive copies of documents

should be directed formally to the

Regional Docket Office. The contact for

the Regional Docket Office is Jan

Pfundheller (H–7J), U.S. EPA, Region V,

77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604,

(312) 353–5821.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to

be deleted from the NPL is: Berlin and

Farro Site located in Gaines, Michigan.

A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site

was published January 19, 1998 (63 FR

3061). The closing date for comments on

the Notice of Intent to Delete was

February 20, 1998. EPA received

comments during the public comment

period requesting an extension to the

comment period. EPA extended the

comment period to April 20, 1998.

The EPA identifies sites which appear

to present a significant risk to public

health, welfare, or the environment and

it maintains the NPL as the list of those

sites. Sites on the NPL may be the

subject of Hazardous Substance

Response Trust Fund (Fund-) financed

remedial actions. Any site deleted from

the NPL remains eligible for Fundfinanced remedial actions in the

unlikely event that conditions at the site

warrant such action. Section

300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that

Fund-financed actions may be taken at

sites deleted from the NPL in the

unlikely event that conditions at the site

warrant such action. Deletion of a site

from the NPL does not affect responsible

party liability or impede agency efforts

to recover costs associated with

response efforts.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous

substances, Hazardous waste,

Intergovernmental relations, Penalties,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Superfund, Water

pollution control, Water supply.

Dated: June 11, 1998.

David Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region V.

40 CFR part 300 is amended as

follows:

PART 300—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Part 300

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C.

9601–9657; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR,

1991 Comp., p.351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923,

3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193.

Appendix B [Amended]

2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300

is amended by removing the Site

‘‘Berlin & Farro, Swartz Creek,

Michigan.’’

[FR Doc. 98–16569 Filed 6–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

42 CFR Part 410

[HCFA–3004–IFC]

RIN 0938–AI89

Medicare Program; Medicare Coverage

of and Payment for Bone Mass

Measurements

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Interim final rule with comment

period.

SUMMARY: This interim final rule with

comment period provides for uniform

coverage of, and payment for, bone mass

measurements for certain Medicare

beneficiaries for services furnished on

or after July 1, 1998. It implements

provisions in section 4106(a) of the

Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

DATES: Effective date: These regulations

are effective on July 1, 1998.

Comment date: Comments will be

considered if we receive them at the

appropriate address, as provided below,

no later than 5 p.m. on August 24, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Mail an original and 3

copies of written comments to the

following address: Health Care

Financing Administration, Department

of Health and Human Services,

Attention: HCFA–3004–IFC, P.O. Box

26585, Baltimore, MD 21207–0385.

If you prefer, you may deliver an

original and 3 copies of your written

comments to one of the following

addresses: Room 309–G, Hubert H.

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201, or

Room C5–09–26, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–

1850.

Comments may also be submitted

electronically to the following e-mail

address: HCFA3004ifc@hcfa.gov. For email and comment procedures, see the

beginning of SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. For information on

ordering copies of the Federal Register

containing this document and on

electronic access, see the beginning of

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Larson, (410) 786–4639.

(Conditions for Coverage, and

Frequency Standards) William Morse,

(410) 786–4520. (Physician Fee

Schedule Payments)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E-mail

comments must include the full name

and address of the sender, and must be

submitted to the referenced address in